Survey of 1,000 Adults

Conducted January 10-11, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Will most of the members of Congress know the key details of the economic recovery plan before they vote on it?

28% Yes
38% No

34% Not sure

2* Who will Congress listen to the most as they work on an economic recovery plan – taxpayers, lobbyists, or Barack Obama?

17% Taxpayers
47% Lobbyists
21% Barack Obama
14% Not sure

3* When it comes to addressing the nation’s current economic problems, how confident are you that U.S. policy makers know what they’re doing?

4% Very confident

33% Somewhat confident
38% Not very confident

20% Not at all confident
4% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence